"Aspire to Inspire Before You Expire" - Dannion Brinkley, "Saved By The Light"
REDOUBT RENDEZVOUS - The Monthly Preparedness and Sustainability Flea Market! 3rd Sunday Afternoons, April - October. Click on the calendar date below and come buy or sell … Firewood to Firearms!
Our united focus is the creation of CommUnity and the support systems entailed, including communications, growing, bartering, etc. Better to do so now than after any knuckleheads create civil or economic strife in this country. This "hobby" site is a full-time Mission directed by a Higher Power, helping our Inland Northwest neighbors. Your gifts of cash, equipment, farm stuff, materials, computers, radios, solar, greenhouse materials, vehicles, machinery, sheds, etc. for teaching and sharing are deeply appreciated. Right-column ad space is available upon donation!
GREETINGS!
In a regional emergency, your very survival may be dependent upon your degree of self-reliance. “Self-Reliance” goes beyond preparedness; it also entails sustainability. History teaches that long-term sustainability includes interaction with other families, groups, villages, communities and even nations. In a grid-down regional emergency, you must interact with others.
Interaction demands communication, and we promote the use and familiarity of 2-way radios, especially hand-held "ham" units via the Channel 3 Project; see www.HooDooCH3.com. We provide some critical information for you here: http://groupspaces.com/INWPrep/forum/?bview=thread&thread_id=135353#board_post349049
Our active core group started nearly 15 years ago. This group departs from the precepts of other “preparedness groups”; our members actively seek each other out in their hometown environments, developing trust and relationships. By interacting with others within walking or bicycle range, they get to know one another’s assets and needs. In our larger group meetings, we learn and share various skills, many of which have been lost to the average modern man.
BTW, this is a tolerant, Constitutionally-minded Practical Preparedness Group. We have no room for, nor will we tolerate, political or religious bias. This is not a venting platform. Bringing up your prejudices or bias will be a sure way to be asked to leave. We may, individually or as a group, agree with your sentiments, but they have NO place in our Mission Statement. Likewise, overuse / abuse of emails to group members are not welcomed; please use the "Discussions" forum!
If you’d like to be a part of this, we invite you to join and be active in any of our monthly regional meetings, typically listed in our Calendar (scroll down, below). Guests may attend one of our meetings before signing on here, FREE, as a member. Your participation is welcomed!
Blessings -
Russ www.PistolProf.com
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E-mail sent by Russ, Sunday, January 19th, 2020 @ 4:36pm
(PLS REPLY Now) - Need HELP Planning INWPLocations & Days for 2020!
Expect Major Changes:
1 - Meetings this year will be Fun, Games, Contests & Prizes!
2 - Meetings will NOT be held right after Grange Monday Membership Meetings.
LOCATIONS -
I need your feedback; please send these back to me, listed in the order of which locations you would likely attend:
Blanchard Grange Hall -
Newport Hospitality House -
Village Kitchen, Priest River -
Cocolalla Cowboy Church -
Cocolalla Community Center -
Other (Be Specific) -
DAYS and TIMES -
Alongside the "top 3" you've chosen, above, please list 3 Days & Times that would likely work for you.
NOTE- If you choose 6PM or earlier, we'll also make it a meal (PotLuck or, in the case of Village Kitchen, ordered meal). If you choose 6:30 or 7, it would NOT include food.
E-mail sent by Russ, Wednesday, January 15th, 2020 @ 11:23pm
Red AUSSIE for Re-Homing!
DEE Writes:
I have a friend who has had an leg amputation from diabetes and can’t keep up with his 2 year old, spayed female aussie. She is very smart of course, like mine J He would like to find a good home for her. she is smart and is ok with animals. Free J
This is AZ, she's a red Aussie. She loves attention and needs a fun family to love her.
(Please Forward) - Sunday's Power Outage: What did YOU Learn from it?
Last Sunday, I gave a BaoFeng UV5R Radio mini-workshop at the Cocolalla Cowboy Church. Dozens of folks learned how to punch in the right frequencies for Emergency Communications.
That was at noontime. We scheduled a "Practice Net" for 5PM.
By the time we got home, we all were among the tens of thousands in the area with no power.
So, promptly at 5, we all conducted the first "Wellness Check" in the newly-founded 3CERT (Cocolalla Cowboy Church Emergency Response Team).
In a silent, dark world. On $20 radios that could reach 20 miles. Other folks, down in ravines, could reach neighbors up the hillsides, who then relayed their info back to Net Control.
To top it all off, all this was done on frequencies that require NO tests, fees or license.
Some "coincidence", huh? I think we'll be having more examples of this, as we listen and follow through with our Inner Guidance. Second Sundays of the month at CCC, Noon Pot Luck and Preparedness. Bring grub to share and maybe even yer own mess kit!
E-mail sent by Russ, Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 @ 1:12pm
Welcome, Kevin & Deborrah Pursifull in BLANCHARD!
Let's give "RockHounds" Kevin & Deborrah Pursifull a warm Welcome this Thursday evening at the Blanchard Inn!
They are good folks, looking to share, teach and learn from us all. Let's be sure to answer their RADIO questions!
Animal husbandry, bee keeping, more gardening skills, food preservation
My husband & I both want to connect with our community as we are new here to Idaho. We want to continue to learn how to prep for emergencies, be better gardeners, learn more skills so we can be more self sufficient in growing & raising our own food.
E-mail sent by Russ, Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 @ 12:18am
THURS PM - Let's plan the year . . . Together!!!
Blanchard Inn, Rt 41. Show up between 5 & 6PM and order some dinner.
Around 6:30, let's start hearing YOUR ideas for 2020!
What, where, when and how of our upcoming gatherings.
Meanwhile, Major Congratulations to all of you! Over the past twelve years, we've facilitated -
Dozens of Presenters,
Scores of locations, Hundreds of gatherings, and
Thousands of FREE Training hours
Throughout Idaho and Washington
You guys are wonderful!
See you Thursday . . .
Thanks & Blessings -
Russ
E-mail sent by Russ, Wednesday, January 8th, 2020 @ 8:09pm
DEE Writes:
I have a friend in Kamiah who has two litters of Great Pyrenees puppies for sale…..$350 either male or female. One batch is 12 weeks old, the other is 8 weeks old. They are solid white, badger faces and tans available. They are currently on a working sheep farm with other animals. Call Julie 208- 935-7884 There is a possibility that they could be delivered to CDA.
E-mail sent by Russ, Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 @ 6:17pm
For those who found that LameStream Media tend to gloss over or even remove actual 2A events from public knowledge / viewing, here's the actual footage I've been getting requests for:
Folks, if you're not tuned up with your handgun, now is the time to give me a call & get a class together with friends, family, neighbors and church members. I'll teach you how to train as often as you want, even in your home, basement, backyard of garage, with no BANG or recoil.
Also, I'm offering similar classes with rifles for anyone 10 and up; minors must be partnered by an adult. 6 hours of group training with your partner, using airguns, $45 per couple.
Email Russ.Spriggs@earthlink.net or call -
E-mail sent by Russ, Monday, December 30th, 2019 @ 7:37pm
Member wanted to share this info with group:
Economicwarroom.com
· king Money from Our Servicemen and Women and Investing it in China?
Lt. Col. Allen West, Kyle Bass, and Roger Robinson join Kevin Freeman in the Economic War Room to discuss an important national security and economic issue. China has found a loophole to funnel US dollars into their economy. Find out how your retirement money could also be at risk and why we need to take action now.
The Economic War Room monitors critical pressure points on an ongoing basis. We report who, what, when, where, and why they will impact you. More importantly, we bring in top experts to help you understand and respond to the threats they pose and how you can respond!
E-mail sent by Russ, Monday, December 23rd, 2019 @ 6:22pm
Hi
Please pass along to your teams that the Bonner County 2 meter AmRRON net is changing days from the 1st and 3rd Fridays to the 1st and 3rd Thursdays after the National nets at 7:00PM Pacific.
E-mail sent by jim mcginty, Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 @ 8:04pm
yes, my wife Pat just told me that I goofed up our phone number on the book sale e-mail: please call us (or leave a withering message) at 509-292-0326. just to confirm, that is 509-292-0326. sigh.
E-mail sent by jim mcginty, Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 @ 7:51pm
Hello and what happened to Winter?!
Pat and I have a couple of duplicate books you might want to add to your prepper's bookshelf.
"CARLA EMERY'S OLD FASHIONED RECIPE BOOK (an encyclopedia of country living)":
If you have only one book on your prepping/homesteading bookshelf, this is the one: recipes for grains, vegetables, sweets, dairy products, poultry and meat dishes, are combined with advice on food preservation, gardening, beekeeping, raising livestock, soap making, and much more. In the homesteading community, this book is both fundamental, and a classic.
printed by Bantam Books in 1977, 530 pages (feels like construction paper), paperback.
price is $25, sold as is, where is, cash only.
book is in used, good condition, with no missing pages.
"FOXFIRE 3":
Part of the "Foxfire" series, which attempted to capture the spirit of Appalachian mountain folk and their "old school" or old-fashioned ways of simple living, book 3 features detailed articles and photos on animal care, banjos and dulcimers, hide tanning, summer and fall wild plant foods, butter churns, and ginseng.
printed by Anchor Books in 1975, 512 pages, paperback.
price is $20, sold as is, where is, cash only.
book is in good, used condition, with no missing pages.
contact is Jim or Pat McGinty, 509-92-0326 (please leave a message), or through e-mail at: j.p.mcgintyelk2@gmail.com
we can arrange a meeting of like minds, or you can pay postage.
E-mail sent by Russ, Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 @ 8:40am
Effective today, there will be NO evening meetings at the Blanchard Grange until March!
This is a safety consideration, with dark, snow and ice.
Regular Grange Meetings and Potlucks will be proceeding as scheduled and announced by Alan Mock, but INWP will NOT be staying afterwards as usual.
I'll adjust the calendar listings shortly. Check with Alan to see if there is a Grange Pot Luck tomorrow, 12/23.
We WILL HAVE Pot Luck / Meetings in Cocolalla at Noon on 2nd Sundays - see calendar listings.
We WILL HAVE Ordered Dinner & Social Meetings, Blanchard Inn, 5:30 3rd Thursdays - see calendar listings.
We ANTICIPATE having a Cool-Weather Gardening Presentation (or series) in March. This will likely be Sunday Afternoon(s) in either Blanchard or Newport/Oldtown, $5 per event to handle costs & space rent. This concept may keep you alive! In case you've not noticed, our GDD - Growing Degree Days - are shrinking. So much for Global Warming.
E-mail sent by jim mcginty, Saturday, December 21st, 2019 @ 2:07pm
hello folks: our elderly neighbor has moved into a long term care facility, after her husband (the prepper) recently died. she asked us to sell the remaining #10 cans to clear out the basement, and to help defray the costs of her care.
all cans were purchased around 2008, so there is still quite a bit of storage time left. additionally, the cans were stored in a cool, dry, smoke-free basement, and appear to be just fine.
"Rainy Day" brand shortening powder - $10 - 1 can is available.
"Rainy Day" brand hot breakfast cereal ("Germade") - $5 - 1 can is available.
"Rainy Day" brand instant, non-fat powdered milk - $12 - 5 cans are available.
"Country Cream" brand instant, non-fat powdered milk - $12 - 4 cans are available.
"Honeyville Farms" brand whey milk substitute - $12 - 4 cans are available.
"Honeyville Farms" brand powdered whole eggs - $15 - 3 cans are available.
all #10 cans are sold as is, where is, and for cash only. e-mail or call us (509-292-0326 - please leave a message) for delivery/pick up.
E-mail sent by Russ, Thursday, December 19th, 2019 @ 1:02pm
Sent by an observant member:
We are at the end of 2019 and if you watched the impeachment process you already know we are no longer in "normal times". However, it could get much worse in the year ahead.
If you have not been following events in State of Virginia, you should be. The podcast here (below) from 299 Days "Glen Tate" and "Shelby Gallagher" closely reviews the activities already stacked up in Virginia where nearly all the Counties have declared themselves as "2nd Amendment Sanctuaries"...and the Governor is threatening to enforce new and draconian gun control laws.
Things are moving ahead and it's very possible there could be fighting between State Police and county militia in a replay of April 19 1775 with the State Police playing the part of the British Red Coats .. ??
Praying that cooler heads prevail, but I agree with Glen and Shelby that we are in a different times and it's very possible that things could spiral out of control in 2020 !
"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you. . . you may know that your society is doomed."
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Sunday, January 12th, 2020 at 12pm - 2pm, Sunday, February 9th, 2020 at 12pm - 2pm, Sunday, March 8th, 2020 at 12pm - 2pm, Sunday, April 12th, 2020 at 12pm - 2pm, Sunday, May 10th, 2020 at 12pm - 2pm
Eagle Peak Containers has 60 gallon black screw tops for sale. These have a nice wide mouth and a two piece mason jar style lid. $15 each.
With a spigot, $17 each.
ON SALE WITH LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE!
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED!
Come check us out Monday thru Friday 7:00am to 4:45pm
6250 E Menser Ave Athol ID 83801
E-mail sent by Russ, Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 11:51pm
Apply to be a HUB for your area!
Email me (Russ.SpriggsATearthlink.net) if this describes you:
You enjoy helping / teaching others;
You are more versed than average in prep / sustainability topics;
You have more than average stuff "stashed";
You travel with prep items ("bugout bags", etc) in vehicle;
You are pretty adept with firearms, first aid, 2-way radios and fire-starting, and
Invariably have these items on you.
These are SOME of the basics expected of a HUB to their neighborhood's SPOKES. We have Senior Cadre Members of various topics that are willing to enhance the training of HUB personnel in the INW. These HUBS would be expected to cultivate their neighborhood SPOKES - consider this to be a Train The Trainer Program.
The days are past for Senior Cadre to be going out to train everyone. We are developing a tiered model that will create overlapping geographic HUB wheels, mirrored in the comms world, also.
Interested in being identified as a Senior Cadre or as a HUB?
Time is Short -
Step forward with an email to me before Sunday's Dinner / Party, so we can chat & plan.
E-mail sent by Russ, Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 10:48pm
Log-In Difficulties; email rules - Please note that, by member requests, only managers (Russ, Ranger, Mandy & "Doc" Dave) may now initiate emails to the entire group.
Anyone who wishes to email any individual in the group may do so via the membership page, or via their normal email program. Too many contentious emails have been mass-sent, driving members away (or nuts).
Some folks experiencing Log-In difficulties may need to re-apply to the site.
E-mail sent by Russ, Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 6:30pm
JJS sent this email to forward to the group. please contact JJS if interested. Respond to: johnjacob@radiofreeredoubt.com "Sorry, I meant to email you earlier today. I know this is short notice, but I have an Icom IC-7200 that I picked up and never used. It's 'like new' condition. The person I bought it from bought it new, hooked it to power, and never used it on the air. I got it from him for $700 and am willing to sell it for what I have into it. It also comes with the upgraded front handles/guards, which cost $60-$80 new. Those are included. If anyone responds showing serious interest I will drive to Hayden tomorrow and bring the rig with me. Again, I know it's short notice, but it would be a HUGE help, if you wouldn't mind passing it on. I wanted to give the local AmRRON folks first shot at a great deal before putting it on Craigslist for $750. Thanks, and God bless! -JJS"
E-mail sent by Russ, Friday, December 6th, 2019 @ 8:46am
Hello everyone! This is Michelle from the Blanchard Community Center. A couple of weeks ago, an email was sent out regarding a neighbor in need, who is trying to move into a VERY VERY TINY house for the winter, which is basically a shell. She needs insulation and other materials to make the home habitable. Russ has reached out to her and donated the insulation that she needs, and inwPrep has collected $130 towards materials we will need to purchase. Thank you for your generosity towards a neighbor in need this winter. It is very much appreciated.
We are bringing the Moving Wall to Newport for next years Stand Down and could use all the support we can get. This is a big commitment for an organization as small as ours - if you are able to help it would be appreciated.
E-mail sent by Russ, Monday, November 25th, 2019 @ 10:33pm
The (GSM) Grand Solar Minimum and THIS Year's "Harvest from Hell" - as reported by FARMERS.
Those who know me, know that my internet is so poor that I don't spend time watching Utoobs. When one of our well-grounded members sounds an alarm, however, I tend to check it out. I admit the first vid went a little over my head, but the 2nd (Ice Age Farmer) really got my attention.
"FAMINE" is more of a biblical than commonplace word nowadays. However, simply insert the words "Irish Potato" in front of that word, and then go study how the courses of individuals, families, nations and continents were shifted . . . immediately. Then think: what if there was a shortage of "Seed" potatoes, for even a year?
Guess what? There IS - Right NOW!! Start buying your organic heirloom spuds now from the grocery, and save the "sprouting" ones.
Buy sacks of wheat & other grains (50 lbs for less than $11).
We've been talking about this for years!!! Eleven Bucks!!!!!!! Grind it, sprout it, cook it . . .hey, if you screw it up, toss it to the birds & try again. There is NO REASON to be without food storage. NONE!
Here's the email I was sent. Make your own informed decisions, then take action. Now. Today.
The last one has the comments about Cascadia subduction quake in next 6-8 months...but, I want to find other information about that might confirm the time line..
